City of Colorado Springs - File #: 14-0577

• File #: 14-0577
• Version: 3
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 9/11/2014
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/28/2014
• Final action: 10/28/2014
• Title: Ordinance No. 14-88 amending Part 2 (Private Security Services) of Article 3 (Sales of Goods and Services) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to private security service licenses

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/28/2014	3	City Council	finally passed
10/14/2014	2	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
9/22/2014	2	Council Work Session	referred

Title
Ordinance No. 14-88 amending Part 2 (Private Security Services) of Article 3 (Sales of Goods and Services) of Chapter 2 (Business Licensing, Liquor Regulation and Taxation) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to private security service licenses

Body
From:
Sarah Johnson, City Clerk

Summary:
As part of an ongoing effort to make the City of Colorado Springs a more business friendly community, and as one of the City Clerk's 2014 Breakthrough Strategies, the City Clerk conducted a thorough review of all general and specific business license types, requirements, and fees to ensure they are relevant and necessary to regulate activities related to health, safety or other protective purposes. This review includes proposals for removal/clarification of requirements for standardization across all general business license types. These updates to our City code eliminate unnecessary steps and requirements for a business to operate in our great city, while also aiding the future creation of an online application/renewal business licensing system.

A summary of the proposed changes reflected in the Private Security Service License Ordinance, effective as of January 1, 2015, is as follows:
1. Delete social security number and duplicative application requirements, and incorporate simplified general application requirements from section 2.1.403;
2. Eliminate passport photo and fingerprint requirements;
3. Eliminate the notarization requirement for exemption by the City from workers' compensation insurance coverage and require instead a statement that workers' compensation insurance is not required;
4. Minor language revisions to harmonize language used elsewhere in the General Licensing Code;
5. Shift notice of cancellation requirement from insurer to licensee and delete 30-day notice period;
6. Clarify the process for issuing licenses to private security officers in the form of identification cards;
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